"Despite the volatility in economic releases like the monthly jobs figures, the weekly leading index is telling us that U.S. growth prospects have improved slightly but remain subdued," said Lakshman Achuthan, managing director of ECRI.

The government reported on Friday the U.S. economy generated only 112,000 jobs in November while economists surveyed by Reuters had expected the U.S. Labor Department to report that 180,000 jobs had been created.